[Tip] Use replacements

[Sephiroth32]

When writing a template modification, you should always use the built-in Vbulletin replacements instead of acual settings. Fir example, instead of:

<tr bgcolor="#ff9900">
<td>
<font face="verdana" size="2">
Text
</td>
</tr>

You can use:

<tr bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}">
<td>
<normalfont>
Text
</td>
</tr>

This makes things much eassier for the person installing your mod. This is because they wont need to change all of your custom settings to their own settings.

[Tony G]

Thats just really common sense, you can also put text that is prone to change many times in a replacement too. :)

[Sephiroth32]

I know it is common sense but alot of people dont do it

[Tony G]

Yes, I never intended to say everyone knew it, just thats it's that once known. ;)

[refertech]

I didnt know that, of course I'm extremely green to this and I'm still unclear what a replacement really is. :)

Mark

[Tony G]

It's really a piece of code that is placed into 'replacements' so a new code (eg. {categorybackcolor}' can be used in the templates instead of bgcolor="blabla") is used and mostly used for things which appear alot throughout the templates.

Thats basically the jist of it's use.

[refertech]

oh, ok I see. Well that does make sense now that you explained what it does. Thanks Tony.

[Tony G]

Great, didn't think that was a good one. :)

[RazeJr]

Sweet... Thanks for the Tip :D